Gasolene-heater



H. E. MULAUGHLIN.

GASOLENE HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3,1917.

will n eno HARRY E. MCLAUGHLIN, F LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

GASOLENE-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1919.

Application ined nay '3, 1917. seriai No. 166,244.

To 'all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, HARRY E. MoLAUGH LIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Gasolene-Heater, of which thefollowcoil with means for supplying the fuel thereto, and conveying thefuel therefrom to the carbureter, sec-ond, to provide means forcirculating the fuel from the carbureter to the heating coil, and backto the carbure-ter, and third, to provide a simple andei'iicient car-Vbureter.

'lilith the foregoing and other objects in vie-w which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it heilig understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit o'f theinvention.

One practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing.

The drawing is a view in elevation and partly in section of a carbureterequipped with a heater in accordance with my invention.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, C denotes` acarbureter, of any usual construction, which is provided with a oatchamber 1, in which works the annular float 2, which operates, throughthe lever 3, an inlet valve 4.

' The bottoni of the float chamber 1 is drilled and tapped to receive a,threaded end `of suitable piping, indicated generally at 5,

the other end of which piping is threaded into the tapped bore in thehead 6 of a preferably vertically disposed cylinder 7. The upper end ofthe cylinder 7 is threaded interiorly to receive the plug 8 which formscarbureter,v and drawing its other head. The plug S is drilled andtapped to receive one threaded end of piping 9, the other end of whichis threaded int/0 a tapped bore formed in the side wall of the ioatchamber at the line of'liqiiid level.

Within the cylinder 7 is af coil of wire 10, along which are spacedglobulal1 insulating members l1. The ends of theA coil of wire 1() areconnected. throng. wires 12, which extend through insulatingbushin'gs13, secured iii apertures formed in the wall or 'the cylinder 7 to asuitable source of electrical supply, not shown. The coiled wire 10 if:

made of material of suitably high resiance to form a' heating medium.

In use, the liquid fuel will lill the float chamber, and heatingattachment, and connecting pipes, up to the liquid level. Current isallowed to flow through the coil 10 which heats the fuel in. thecylinder 7, causing the hot Huid to rise and 'iow into the cold liquidfuel from the carbureter to the heater. This sets up a: circulation ofthe liquid fuel and keeps the contents of Ithe iioat chamber at theproper temperature at all times.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is l 4 i l carbureter. comprising a floatchamber,means for admitting liquid hydro-carbon to the float chamber, said floatchamber provided with an outlet in the bottoni thereof and an inlet inthe side wall thereof, a cylinder beside the float chamber, a pipeleading froin the outlet and communicating with the cylinder through thelower portion Jthereof,

another pipe leading to the inlet and cornniuiiicatiiig with thecylinder through the upper poi-tion thereof, and a heating element inthe cylinder.

In testimony that I claini the foregoing as my own, l have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of tivo witnesses.

HAR-RY E. li/CLAUGHLTN.

Witnesses:

' A. Tonus,

P. E. Ruin.

